A lot of Americans assume they know what the Bible teaches about righteousness, but I wonder how many really do.
I think most Americans assume the Bible teaches that we have to be good, avoid sex and alcohol and beating your wife. They think the message of the Bible is, if you're good enough, God will declare you righteous and you get to go to heaven. But that's not it.
What the Bible does teach is that every human being that has ever lived has fallen short of "good enough" to go to heaven. But since God really wants us to go to heaven, He fixed it so that we could go to heaven because of Jesus' righteousness and not because of our own. The main message of the Bible is not "what I have to do for God so that He will love me" but "what God did for me because He loves me."
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I have often thought that our relationship with Christ bears alot of resemblance to a marriage. We can get married, and then go back to acting just as we did before. It doesn't change the fact that we got married, but it does NOTHING for keeping the marriage alive, and vital.
Acting like we have given our lives to Christ is a daily thing that honors that relationship. It's not a simple list of do's and don'ts, but so much more. It's a Spirit that is with us at all times, and in all choices.
Janet,
Your blog is (of course) very well written and thought provoking. I will bookmark this page and come back often.
Margaret
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